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Download full textEdiger, Marlow – 1994
The traditional spelling curriculum emphasized that pupils learn to spell a specific set of words through memorization. However, major problems existed pertaining to using that method of teaching. Pupils soon forgot the correct spelling of memorized words. Educational psychologists have long advocated that pupils perceive knowledge as being…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum, Primary Education, Spelling
Chomsky, Carol – 1976
Children are ready to write before they are ready to read; thus reading instruction should be an outgrowth of abilities children develop through inventing their own words. This gives children practice with the more concrete activities of word composition before they undertake the relatively abstract task of reading. Writing exercises may be given…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Conference Reports, Language Experience Approach
Kirkpatrick, Katherine Glass – 1986
The validity of recent research concerning invented spelling, the developmental stages in children's writing, and whether children will attempt writing before reading and continue writing while learning to read were examined. Five developmental stages in spelling have been identified: (1) the precommunicative stage, involving the use of random…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Language Processing
